August 24th, 2017
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Season 2
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33 mins 4 secs

March 29th, 2017
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Season 1
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39 mins 19 secs

chicago, hiphop, lyrics, poetry

​Kevin Coval is the Founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival and the Artistic Director of Young Chicago Authors. He's also the author and editor of several books including The BreakBeat Poets. His latest book of poetry, A People's History of Chicago, explores the city's various neighborhoods and will be released in April 2017 by Haymarket Press. Arthur sat down with Kevin at his home on Chicago's northwest side to talk about the new book and, well, hip hop.

February 21st, 2017
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Season 1
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44 mins 24 secs

chicago, iverson, journalism, music, race, sports

Scoop Jackson is a 25-year veteran of music and sports journalism. His byline has appeared in Slam, XXL, Wax Poetics, Vibe, the Source, and is currently an ESPN columnist and producer. Scoop sat with Arthur at his office on Chicago’s South Side to discuss his unique professional career.

January 9th, 2017
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Season 1
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1 hr 15 mins

blm, criticism, culture, protest, radio

2016 has wrapped, and Arthur assembled a panel of experts from NPR Music, the BBC, and Okayplayer to look back at a very difficult year that we're unlikely to forget. From Brexit to Beyoncé to Black Lives Matter, ENTRY POINTS puts our spin on “the...

anthropology, culture, documentary, film, hip-hop, photojournalism

October 19th, 2016
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Season 1
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24 mins 9 secs

analog, bass, d'angelo, drums, keyboard, ohbliv, production, rva

Richmond, Virginia (RVA) native Devonne Harris can assume several roles: producer; engineer; drummer; bassist; keyboardist; and as DJ Harrison: a premier beatmaker. The co-owner of Jellowstone Records and member of both Butcher Brown and KING$ shares...

September 26th, 2016
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Season 1
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34 mins

blm, criticism, questlove

Okayplayer managing editor Kevin "Kevito" Clark sits down with Arthur to examine objective criticism in 2016, OKP's leadership coverage of Black Lives Matter, Frank Ocean (in the space between "Endless" and "Blonde") and his side hustle as a video game critic.

August 23rd, 2016
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Season 1
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53 mins 16 secs

acoustic, electronic, production, trumpet

In a revealing talk with Arthur, Grammy Award-winner Nicholas Payton shares the creative process behind making his latest album "Textures", his views on the stagnation of hip-hop, and the reception he gets from European "jazz" audiences.

August 10th, 2016
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Season 1
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40 mins 7 secs

dj, photojournalism, production, radio

Los Angeles DJ, recording artist, and serial Instagramer Anthony Valadez joins Arthur to discuss his love for community outreach through music, and his thoughts on the role of the disc jockey on modern terrestrial radio. In the process,...